Method of manufacturing shoes and a shoe made by such method



l. RICKEY.

METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SHOES AND A SHOE MADE BY SUCH METHOD. APPLICATION FILED NOV.13, I920.

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L Q? I INVENTOR $5 2 BY f flwmw ATTORNEYS RICKEY. METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SHOES AND A SHOE MADE BY SUCH METHOD.

APPLICATION FILED NOV= I3, I920- Patented Ogat. 25, 1921.

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INVENTOR EIA RIIEIEIIEIIKIE ,4 ATTORNEYS UNITED STATESJPATENT OFFICE.

IGNAS RICKEY, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SHOES AND A SHOE MADE BY SUCH METHOD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 25, 1921.

Application filed November 13, 1920. Serial No. 423,959.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, IGNAS RICKEY, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Method of Manufacturing Shoes and a Shoe Made by Such Method, of which the following is a specification. I

The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing shoes and to a shoe made by such method, an object of this invention being to provide a simple and inexpensive method and means by which the inner sole may be effectively secured in a welt shoe without any separate stitching operation. A further object of the invention is to pro vide a welt shoe with an inner sole effectively secured in place without a stitching operation and at the same time cushioned go as to provide a soft support for the oot.

To these and other ends the invention consists of certain parts and combinations of parts, all of which will be hereinafter described, the novel features being pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings:

F gu-re 1 is a view in side elevation showing an upper with the welt secured thereon;

Fig. 2 Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary view of the upper and welt shown in Fig. 1; Y

Fig. 4 shows the last 'of the inner sole and its cover secured thereto;

Fig. 5 is a side view of a shoe with the inner sole secured in place and the cover thereof attached to the welt; v

Fig. 6 is a section on the line 6-6, Fi 5;

Fig. 7 is a view of the under side of the shoe before the application of the outer sole, a portion of the filler being shown in place;

Fig. 8 is a. fragmentary view of the shoe is asection on the line 2--2,

showing the outer sole secured thereto; and

completely about said inner sole and forms a securing flange for said inner sole. The last with the inner sole and cover thereon is fitted to the upper with the welt 2 thereon, and the welt and upper are turned under the inner sole to provide an inwardly turned portion 8 about the lower edge of the upper extending beneath the inner sole. At the same time, the projecting portion of the cover 7 of the inner sole is caused to bend about the surrounding edge of the inner sole and the adjacent edges of the upper and welt as shown in Fig. 6 of the drawings. The free edge of this cover is then turned outwardly at 9 and adhesively secured to the under face of the welt 2, the tacks 10 preferably being employed for se curing the cover, welt and inwardly turned portion of the upper in the desired posi tions. The tacks 6 are removed and the space under the upper sole formed by the inwardly turned edge of the upper, the welt and the cover is then filled with a filler 11, preferably of elastic material comprising, in this instance, ground cork and rubber cement. After the filler has hardened, the tacks 10 are removed and the outer sole 12 is applied and is secured by stitches 13 which pass through the welt 2, the outwardly turned portion 9 of the cover andthe outer sole, thus completing the shoe construction, the shoe being otherwise finished in the usual manner.

From the foregoing, it will be seen that there has been provided a new method of attaching an inner sole to a welt shoe. This inner sole has securing means extending therefrom preferably in the form of a cover for the sole passing about the adjacent edges of the welt and upper to the under face of the welt where it is secured by an'adhesive. The outer sole is secured to the welt by stitches which preferably also pass through the outwardly extending cover portions in order to anchor the inner sole against removal. The inner sole is not only effectively secured in place, but. an increased cushion in effect is obtained between it and the outer sole.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. The method of making shoes which consists of stitching a welt to an upper, fitting a last within the u per, securin a cover and inner sole to the eat so that t 0 cover to the under side of the inturned edge with its inner edge projecting in a plane substantially parallel with the inturned edge and the inner sole, an inner sole having its entire under face arranged above and unsecured to the inturned edge, securing means for the inner sole projecting from said inner sole, extending around the adjacent edges of the upper and welt and adhesively secured to the under face of the Welt, and an outer sole secured to the welt against such securing means on the inner sole.

3. A shoe comprising an upper having an inturned edge the extremity of which is projectedin a plane substantially parallel with the plane of the inner sole, a welt stitched to the under side of the inturned edge of the upper with its inner edge projecting in' a plane substantially parallel with the in-' turned edge and the inner sole, an inner sole having its under face arranged above and unsecured to the inturned edge,-a cover for the inner sole extending about the edges of thelatter and about the adjacent edges of the upper and the welt, its free edge being turned outwardly on the under side of the welt, and an outer sole secured to the welt against the free edges of the cover.

4. A shoe comprising an upper having an inturned edge the extremity of which is projected in a plane substantially parallel with the plane of the inner sole, a welt stitched to the under side of the inturned edge of the upper with its inner edge projecting in a plane parallel with the inturned edge and the inner sole, an inner sole having its under face arranged above and unsecured to the inturned edge, a cover for the inner sole extending about the edges of the latter and about the adjacent edges of the upper and welt, its free edge being adhesively secured to the under side of'the welt, and an outer sole secured to saidwelt against the free edges of the cover.

A shoe comprising an upper having an inturned edge the extremity of which is projected in a plane substantially parallel with the plane of the inner sole, a welt stitched to the under side of the inturned edge with its inner edge projecting in a plane substantially parallel with the plane of the inturned edge of the inner-sole, and an inner sole having its under face arranged above and unsecured to the inturned edge, means projecting from said inner sole and extending about the edges of the upper and welt, its free edges extending under the welt and being adhesively secured thereto, and an outer sole secured to the welt against that portion of the projecting means which is adhesively secured to the welt.

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